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Every 3.5 seconds, someone in the world dies of sepsis. In the UK alone, 52,000 people lose their lives to
sepsis every year. This is more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined. Globably, sepsis claims 6
million lives a year. Yet with early diagnosis it is easily treatable.

The UK Sepsis Trust exists to fight this life-threatening condition, stop preventable deaths and support those
affected by sepsis.

The UK Sepsis Trust was founded in 2012 by world-leading sepsis expert, NHS consultant Dr Ron Daniels
BEM.

Our goal is to end preventable deaths from sepsis and improve outcomes for sepsis survivors. We believe
that earlier diagnosis and treatment across the UK would save at least 14,000 lives a year.
Our critical expertise is based on the charity’s grassroots origins: our doctors and nurses have front line
experience of sepsis and their passion is born of a uniquely comprehensive understanding of what needs to
be done.
The urgent need to improve sepsis care in the UK drives us forward as we continue to work in hospitals, while
advancing the sepsis agenda.

OUR VISION
We want to end preventable deaths from sepsis.

OUR MISSION
We seek to save lives from sepsis, and improve outcomes for survivors, by instigating political change,
educating healthcare professionals, raising public awareness and providing support for those affected by this
devastating condition. We will protect people by enabling the prevention of severe infection and the treatment
of sepsis, whist helping to ensure antibiotics are used responsibly.

WHAT WE DO
We work to raise awareness of sepsis among the public and health care professionals; encourage early
diagnosis; lobby politicians to improve standards of care; and provide better support for sepsis survivors.
With our supporters’ help, we are putting sepsis on the national and global agenda.
Our ‘Just Ask: Could it be sepsis?’ campaign has gained widespread support and media coverage; since it
began, sepsis awareness among the general public has increased by 28%.
We developed the Sepsis Six in 2006 as a practical tool to help healthcare professionals deliver the basics of
care rapidly and reliably.

In 2016, The National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) joined forces with UKST to release a new
guideline to improve sepsis care across the NHS.

In 2017, the World Health Organisation adopted a resolution on sepsis to improve care globally and help
reduce the annual death toll of six million people worldwide.